ALAS2022-2022-078

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-44269  

A heap out-of-bounds read flaw was found in WavPacks' WavpackPackSamples() function of src/pack_utils.c and only affects the command-line program of WavPack (not libwavpack). This flaw allows an attacker to exploit this flaw for a website that uses the WavPack command-line program on user-provided files, causing a denial of service. (CVE-2021-44269)

ALAS2022-2022-078


Amazon Linux 2022 Security Advisory: ALAS-2022-078
Advisory Release Date: 2022-05-18 00:40 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2022-05-19 18:29 Pacific
Severity: Low
References: CVE-2021-44269 

Issue Overview:

A heap out-of-bounds read flaw was found in WavPacks' WavpackPackSamples() function of src/pack_utils.c and only affects the command-line program of WavPack (not libwavpack). This flaw allows an attacker to exploit this flaw for a website that uses the WavPack command-line program on user-provided files, causing a denial of service. (CVE-2021-44269)


Affected Packages:

wavpack


Issue Correction:
Run dnf update --releasever=2022.0.20220518 wavpack to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    wavpack-debugsource-5.4.0-5.amzn2022.aarch64
    wavpack-devel-5.4.0-5.amzn2022.aarch64
    wavpack-debuginfo-5.4.0-5.amzn2022.aarch64
    wavpack-5.4.0-5.amzn2022.aarch64

i686:
    wavpack-debugsource-5.4.0-5.amzn2022.i686
    wavpack-5.4.0-5.amzn2022.i686
    wavpack-devel-5.4.0-5.amzn2022.i686
    wavpack-debuginfo-5.4.0-5.amzn2022.i686

src:
    wavpack-5.4.0-5.amzn2022.src

x86_64:
    wavpack-devel-5.4.0-5.amzn2022.x86_64
    wavpack-debugsource-5.4.0-5.amzn2022.x86_64
    wavpack-debuginfo-5.4.0-5.amzn2022.x86_64
    wavpack-5.4.0-5.amzn2022.x86_64